DFL House candidate touts experience as administrator of treatment center that filed for bankruptcy
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A Democrat running for the state House touts her job as chief operating officer of Twin Cities Health Services.
What she doesn’t mention, however, is that the mental health and substance abuse treatment center filed for bankruptcy protection, claiming over $3 million in debts, including to the IRS and state of Minnesota.
Anquam Mahamoud is running to replace Rep. Hodan Hassan, DFL-Minneapolis, in House District 62B and is the DFL-endorsed candidate.
In its June 17 filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, Twin Cities Health Services reported it owes U.S. Bank $58,000 for a 2022 Jeep Gladiator loan; the IRS $721,000; the Minnesota Department of Revenue over $39,000 in taxes; and over $75,000 for a federal Small Business Administration loan. It also reported making a $25,000 donation in February to the Ogaden Community Center. The filing says Mahamoud was chief operating officer from October 2023 to April 2024.
Twin Cities Health Services was also repeatedly fined and had its license revoked for numerous licensing violations before closing June 1.
According to state Department of Human Services records, the company was twice fined for failing to do background checks on staffers; repeatedly ordered to correct a number of licensing violations regarding substance abuse treatment in 2021; and had its license revoked in May 2023 for a long list of health, safety and client rights violations.
The company appealed the May 2023 license revocation, and in February, agreed to surrender its license and close the program and submit a new application that met all licensing requirements. Twin Cities Health Services has since submitted a new application to provide substance abuse treatment.
Mahamoud, who did not respond to a request for comment, says on her campaign website that at Twin Cities Health Services, she worked with “some of our most vulnerable and unhoused neighbors” helping them navigate adult rehabilitative mental health therapy, substance use services and housing barriers.
She also wrote that she was one of the first state caseworkers when the Affordable Care Act was enacted, and rose to be a state planning director for MNSure, where she helped oversee and implement the Affordable Care Act.
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